What is Shehuo

社火是什么

Shehuo is now one of the traditional show for rural people of northern-west of China to celebrate Chinese New Year (Spring Festival). The show consists of Gao Qiao (walking on stilts)，Pao Han Chuan (boat rowing on the ground)，dragon and lion dancing etc. The string players make up as local opera figures and move forward in the main street and hundreds of people gather together to watch the performance. The celebration will culminate on fifth of the lunar year (Festival of Lanterns).

社火是現在的傳統節目，是中國西北方農村的人們為慶祝中國農歷新年（春節）舉行的活動之一。該節目由高蹺（踩高蹺），報旱船（地上劃船），舞龍舞獅等組成。弦樂演奏家是當地的戲曲人物和向主要街道走去，數百人聚集在一起觀看了演出。慶祝活動會在農歷元月十五（元宵節）結束。